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Protest? But Why?

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Naomi Schaefer

Updated Oct. 26, 2001 11:59 p.m. ET

"We can't kill innocent children in Afghanistan to say we've responded to terrorism." So said Jessica Hiemenz, a junior at Virginia Tech, to a Baltimore Sun reporter during an antiwar demonstration in Washington late last month. "We need to look at what we've done wrong in the world -- if we don't, then more of our buildings will keep blowing up in our face."

When asked what he thinks about U.S. retaliation for the terrorist attacks, Christopher McGowan replies: "Tom Paine was pretty much on the...